Of Fire and Fear

<p><strong>Stars are born to burn.</strong></p><p>Content to live overshadowed by my mother's personality I spend my days happily sewing her extravagant gowns.</p><p>When one of her guests won't leave me alone at a party I escape deep into the desert.</p><p>I knew better.</p><p>The desert is full of hungry monsters and one misstep trying to escape a pack of sand wraiths has me falling down a crevice into Mictlan. There I come face to face with the ruler of the spirit world Tizoc. He'll let me go back to the land of the living if I can beat him in a sewing contest.</p><p>As time goes on we grow closer and I realize that I don't want to leave this handsome ruler after all. If we don't figure out what's--or who--is stopping souls from finding rest though it won't be up to me.</p><p>Can we solve it together before Mictlan collapses taking us all with it?</p><p><em>Of Fire and Fear is a low-stakes and low-steam fantasy romance. It's a retelling of an old Mexican tale: The tailor and the devil mixed with Aztec mythology.</em></p>